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The Living Life Series is dedicated to Lord Bo Tien (武天菩萨). The doctrine is in His image. The image is the doctrine. He who sees, understands and effects the doctrine sees and knows Him. He who does not see, know and effect the doctrine sees not and knows not the saint even if the saint or His image is beside him. The far may be near and the near may be far. Let the doctrine and the saint be part of our life. The lord saint in your life can be any heavenly saint of any religion, sect or school. The doctrine of truth is behind all and this is the Inner Truth that leads all (regardless of their religious affiliation or even if none) to inner peace and heaven on earth here and now and not just in the after life. The ideal worship and devotion is to know and effect the doctrine of God and the saints. The best gospel is the gospel of life. We learn from our life and the lives of others. The true temple is the world we live in. The sky is the roof of the temple and religions and sects are the pillars of the temple. All under Heaven are in the temple. Needless to say that all the saints we know are in this temple. Ji Gong Posat too is no exception. The whole wide world and web is the temple and must be regarded as a sacred place --- a temple for living and learning. It is more important that everyone that counts plays a role in this universal temple if due focus is to be given to the Mission of Heaven. Men must not be distracted by the agenda of men and end up serving the mission of man. That would be a far cry from the Mission of Heaven. We worship God and saints, not man however good that man may be. There should be no hero worshiping or idolizing of man whether he is a charismatic pastor, priest, monk, medium or lay leader. We don't even idol worship the image of any saint but reflect on what the image stands for. - the doctrine in the image. Omitofo 阿弥陀佛!.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Friends, family provide succour, not just God

No 1521 of Living Life Series 1




Bo Tien 武天 says that many turn to God and saints when they have problems. But he said that while this is good, they can also get help from others. 

Among the people we live with, there will be those with abilities we do not have. We can get their help and we can learn from them in the same way we seek the help of God and saints and learn from them on how to handle problems in life. They are like gods to us. 

With their help, we can be relieved of some issues so that we can better handle other issues. We will not be overwhelmed. 

Problems will become small problems even if they do not become no problems. But to begin with, what we need is to feel we are not alone. 

We can have succour from friends and society we are in. We must remind ourselves that with help and blessings from God, saints and even friends and good samaritans, small problems will be no problem and big problems will end up as small problems even if these cannot be no problems. 

Even if problems cannot be solved, we have friends in God, saints and fellow men to stand by us and be with us. We can then smile when otherwise we would frown. 

God, saints and friends provide the light to show us the way to see light and sunshine in life. We will weather the storms. Storms do not last and calm will return. Bo Tien 武天 did stress on this. 

When the next storm comes, we will be more resilient and we have no problem with problems. Do not forget there are those who are near to us who can also help us and give us support - to give us succour. They too are like God and saints. 

As what Bo Tien 武天 says, we must not end up being far from friends when in fact they are near and next to us. Our narrow mindedness may make us turn only to God and saints. 

The near can be far and of course the far can be near. This Bo Tien 武天 did stress. 

Friends and family are our gods as well in the sense they can provide us succour - help and support. This has nothing to do with human idolising or to put it sound more obnoxious paganism - worshipping of men. But they too are like God and can provide succour. 

The concept that there is no other gods beside God up there can mislead many to think that in life, we need only God. We also need succour from friends, family, people of other religions and cultures, and sometimes even strangers who come into our life. We can also have succour from those who work under and for us.

God will be happy that we can have such support. God is not a jealous God but is zealous that we know how to handle and move on with life. As Bo Tien 武天 says, a whole bunch of candles is better at lighting up life than just one or two. We need many godly others not just God to light up life for us. 

Not wrong to have many gods in addition to God. Do give this more thought and not let some others think for us and we stop thinking. We are not robots and even robots can think and are not dumb in the head.